U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (January 22) launched his Board of Peace, initially designed to cement Gaza's rocky ceasefire but which he foresees taking a wider role worrying to other global powers, although he said it would work with the United Nations.

Trump, who will chair the board, invited dozens of other world leaders to join, saying he wants it to address challenges beyond the stuttering Gaza ceasefire, stirring misgivings that it could undermine the U.N.'s role as the main platform for global diplomacy and conflict resolution.

While regional Middle East powers including Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, as well as major emerging nations such as Indonesia, have joined the board, global powers and traditional Western U.S. allies have been more cautious.

Trump says permanent members must help fund with a payment of $1 billion each, and Reuters could not immediately spot any representatives from governments of top global powers or from Israel or the Palestinian Authority at the signing ceremony.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the board's focus would be on making sure the plan for peace in Gaza was fulfilled but that it could also "serve as an example of what's possible in other parts of the world."

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DAVOS, SWITZERLAND (JANUARY 22, 2026) (WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM - Access All)

1. VARIOUS OF U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND OTHER OFFICIALS SIGNING THE DECLARATION FOR THE BOARD OF PEACE CHARTER

2. VARIOUS OF TRUMP SHOWING SIGNED DOCUMENT TO MEDIA

3. WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KAROLINE LEAVITT ANNOUNCING BOARD OF PEACE AS AN OFFICIAL ORGANIZATION

4. PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA JAVIER GERARDO MILEI AND ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER NIKOL PASHINYAN SIGNING DOCUMENTS, HOLDING UP FOR MEDIA

5. AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV AND BULGARIAN PRIME MINISTER ROSEN ZHELYAZKOV WALKING TO PODIUM

6. TRUMP SHAKING HANDS WITH ALIYEV

7. VARIOUS OF LEADERS SIGNING DOCUMENTS

8. HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN AND INDONESIAN PRESIDENT PRABOWO SUBIANTO WALKING TO PODIUM

9. VARIOUS OF LEADERS SIGNING DOCUMENTS

10. VARIOUS OF SIGNING CEREMONY UNDERWAY

11. TRUMP SIGNING FINAL DOCUMENT, HOLDING UP FOR CAMERAS AND POSING WITH LEADERS OF BOARD OF PEACE MEMBER STATES